Earring guard



Jan. 7, 1930.

WTNESSES P. c. PREscoTT-RicHARDsoN 1,743,006

EARRING GUARD Filed Feb, 23, 1928 BY Z; 6.

ATTORNEY Patented Jan. 1930 z manta aum application med `rehrm'yr as, 192s. serial no. ssegai'r'.

e The device of the present invention ispri marily intended to prevent the loss of valuable earrings, particularly earrings of the typewhich areattached to thelobe of the ear v merely by clamping means instead of passing them through a perforation in the ear lobe. In accordance with the present yinvention I provide a guard or safety device'which prevents the loss of earrings and which'is inconspicuous and for the most part concealed in use. e i

The device may also have a secondary function which consists in supporting additional pendant ear ornaments.

Other and more general objects of the 1nvention are to provide an earring ard of simple, practical construction, whic i will be rugged, durable and ellicient in use, easy to apply and remove, and' well suited to the requirements of economical manufacture.

With the above noted and other objects in view, `the invention consists in certain novel features. of construction and combinations and arrangements of arts as will be more fully hereinafter set orth and pointed out in the claim. "Theinvention will be more fully understood from the following description in connection with the accompanying drawings, whereinv f a clamp-on earring an A`a supplementalV ear ornamenti Fig. 1 is aferspective view showing one of my improve earring `2 lis aperspective view showing the guar and Vthesupplemental ornament' ree 'mevedfromjtheean f In zthe drawingsl havenstad the reference l' ynumeral 10 to designate va human ear, to the lobe 11,of which an earring k12 may beat- :tached in'any conventional manner', such vfor instance asby clampin' this ornament tothe lobe of the ear. if. 9 if "fj r Thepreetnventiontisfprimily designed as ay *safety* guard' toprevent thefafccideiital other isui' able engaged .with the. earring; 12:;a11'dv` carrying' ards used te prgtevct also used tis'i'sp'eiid`` at its otherend anv ear-enga g anchorin member, such for instance as is? generally shalppd spring cli 15. l f i 1 e legs 16 an v17of the Ushapedclip15 are adapted to straddle the helix 18 ofthe 'ear adjacent the upper forwardextremity of 16 lying behind thehelix the helix. The leg is straight, and t e'leg 17 is olsetasat 19 to accommodate" the flange .of the heiix.

` The membery 15 is light spring wire so at the arms may be tpreferably formed of conveniently spread apart if necessary to re" ceive the helix of the ear between them. In use, the chain 13 is substantially concealed behind the ear, onl ythe lower end'thereof being visible, whic j lowerv end is attached to the earring 12 by the attaching member 14. The chain 13'is preferably anchored to the straight leg of the clamping member 15, and

if desired, a second chain 20 ma. be anchored 7 to the end of the other legl suchy chain carrying a pendant ornament 21 providing a further and supplemental ear decoration, as

best seen in Fig. 1.-

structurally, the earengaging member 15 4is subject to a widerange of variations and may be formed. out of various types o material, f l Y l I havefound. thin spring-wire to be Yparticularly desirable in that it'isincons'picuous ,inmuse, comfortable to wear, and well suited to meetmanufa'cturing requirements; v

Obviously, various changes and 'alterations might 'be madein the generalform and .arrangement' of the partsdescribed without departing'from the invention.i FI-Ience Ido `not wishfto limit myselffto "the- :details set forth, but' shall cnsidermyself ait liberty to make Such', changes ,and alfertiollsjes fairly all within Vthe spiritl and jscope'offthe appended I Claim; l f :f An earring f guard 'f linclidingl a vvmember adapted kto embrace: the vheliiz of :the arf at tlupprfifward P0 I a; flexibiadevice; 1- aaaiet dilatada.iiein;subsanealmacena ip fsi; tion 68.1'.A and engag an eairgat; tached to the ear lobe, said membgrf-.fbeg

shaped to straddle and embrace the helix of the ear, and oiset to accommodate the ange the helix. Signed at New York city, N. Y., in the county of New York and State of New York,

this 18th day of February A. D. 1928.

PERCIVAI. C. PRESCOTT-RICHARDSON. 

